John Risbridger

03/1642 — 1695
A brief biography

Ancestors


Risbrig — 1198 —
William de la Risebreage — 1276 —
Joham Rysbrugg — 1320 —
John atte Rysbrugg — 1425
Henry Ryesbrigger of Albury — 1430 —
John atte Rysbrygge — 1461 —
Johanna Risbridger — 1461 —
William Rysbrydger — 1553
Katherine —
John Rysbrydger of Shere ±1520 — 1563
Katherine Rysbrydger — 1597
William Risbridger 1546 — 1615
John Risbridger 1579 — 1631
William Risbridger of Shere 1611 — 1645±
John Risbridger of Capel 1642 — 1695
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Ann Stone ±1644 — 1728   William Risbridger 1666 — 1693   Elizabeth Risbridger 1670 — 1700   Ann Risbridger 1672 — 1706   Mary Risbridger 1672 — 1681±   John Risbridger 1674 — 1714   Henry Risbridger 1675 — 1720   Joseph Risbridger 1678 —   Thomas Risbridger 1679 — 1736   Mary Risbridger 1680 — 1681   Robert Risbridger 1682 — 1740   Edward Risbridger 1684 — 1742  

John Risbridger


Son of William Risbridger and Agnes Baxe. .

Born in 1642, the seventeenth year of the reign of King Charles I, and died aged fifty-two in the first year of the reign of King William III  He has 294 direct descendants in the family.

Last Will and Testament


In the name of God Amen, the seventeenth day of August in the sixth year of our sovereign Lord and Lady William and Mary by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland King and Queen defenders of the faith this anno day 1694, I John Ridbridger of Capell in the county of Surrey being infirm of body but of sound and perfect mind and memory (praise to the lord therefore)

(to poor of Shere, Capel and Ockley £2 each parish)

To my sons Joseph Risbridger, Thomas Risbridger, Robert Risbridger and Edward Risbridger £200 each at 21; to my daughters Elizabeth Risbridger and Ann Risbridger £150 each in a year or at marriage; to my wife Ann Risbridger all silver plate, half my linen and best bed in house and its trappings; to my son Henry Risbridger all my messuage Cotterell’s [in Ms ‘West Cotwells’], Parklands and Warren Land, Shere (140 acres) in the occupation of Jeremiah Martin and John Risbridger of Albury and land etc. called the Chart, Shere near road from Shere to Ewhurst in my occupation part of manor of Shere Ebor and all my messuage Stylehurst and Stony Stylehurst, Ockley (40 acres) in my occupation to pay debts and legacies and land to him if unsold, exec. and residuary legatee
Overseers: friends John Spencer of Dorking, gentleman, Joseph Lee of Guildford, gentleman,
John Stone of Rusper, Sussex, gentleman and Robert Spencer of Dorking, gentleman (10s each)
Witnesses: Edward Hooker; Christopher Fairhall; John Greenfeild; Thomas Persivall (X)
Proved: 12 Jun 1695 to exec. [DW/PA/7/16 QQ.59-60; DW/PA/5/1695/64] (£528 11s 8d)

Ann's Dowry

John's wife Ann Stone came from Clark's in Capel but her family also had landholdings in Shere. Ann's dowry included The Farune, Downelands (Dorking) and one and a half acres of hop garden, the Hallester Fields in Shere (shown in the adjacent 1772 plan), the total value of the dowry was £500.


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